Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English · 1984 · 41 citations · 3 references
Natural SciencesChemistryOrganic ChemistryCarbonyl ChemistryCross-coupling ReactionsOrganic SynthesisReaction MechanismsRetrosynthetic AnalysisAromatic Compound TransformationCarbonyl Rearrangement ReactionsKetonesPyrolysisRearrangement Reactions
The degenerate 1,3-shift of the phenyl group in benzoylketene was demonstated by 13C-labeling. In the flash pyrolysis of Ph13COCH2COOMe, benzoylketene is formed in which the labeling is distributed about 1:1 between the ketene and the ketone carbonyl C atoms.
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